Lottery winner using food stamps: ‘I thought maybe it was okay because I’m not working’

This is sickening. It's people like this who screw the system for honest, hard-working people. I was on food stamps for six months because of financial issues. It was highly embarrassing, but I had to do it in order to survive and make ends meet. Would I pay back the money I used now if I had to? Absolutely.

I hope they kill her aid and make her pay it back with a penalty. That 6 figure lump sum you have isn't enough to live on? I hope you lose it all and end up homeless. What a disgusting pig.

"a bill requiring the state to cross-check the names of lottery winners of prizes over $1,000 with names of individuals on the dole."

For say $600,000 that's pretty dispicable. She may be legally entitled, but that's not what the system is meant for, and she knows it.

But I don't believe in the quote above. It takes away any joy in winning if they remove the food stamps, because it's like the state taking the win away. That $1000 could go to car repairs, getting an essential product or service, paying back debt etc. The minimum winnings should be much higher before food stamps are removed.

I have a feeling she bought two houses because it would keep her eligible or something... don't know the laws there... but maybe owning property makes the amount of cash she has low enough to keep getting money.